Comprehensive Construction Cost Estimating Software
Create estimates from concept to GMP, all in one spot. Replace multiple spreadsheets and tools with one platform to do everything:
- Reference historical data for Conceptual Estimating
- Detailed Estimating
- GRs/GCs
- Bid Leveling
- Market Benchmarking
- AI Oversigh
Quick Conceptual Estimating with Instant Access to Historical Pricing
Navigate the maze of folders in your shared drive, hoping to find a recent budget. Save, tweak, update, and cross your fingers for no formula mishaps. Sound familiar? With Zebel, turn estimates around in minutes, not weeks.
We build and manage your historical database
Fed up with the treasure hunt in your Excel maze? Don’t worry—we’re here to rescue you with Precon concierge services. Send us your data, whether it’s neatly filed or scattered like confetti. Our precon wizards will transform it into a sleek, organizeddatabasein Zebel. No more spreadsheet headaches—focus on estimating, not spreadsheet management!
You Create QUICK and Accurate Estimates
Effortlessly retrieve your historical unit pricing from any project in your database with a few simple clicks. Zebel accommodates any unit of measure, automatically adjusting for location and escalation. With no need for data shuffling or manual calculations, our platform streamlines the process for speed and precision in your estimates.
Napkins to Numbers in Minutes
Detailed Estimating
Build on your conceptual estimate and carry it forward to detailed estimates in the same software. Breakdown the cost items to insert detailed project specific line items. Track budget progression over time from concept to SD to DD, all the way to GMP.
Integrated with Togal.AI
Import your takeoffs from Togal.AI automatically
General Requirements / General Conditions
Tie GR/GC items to project schedule milestone, enter people's salary, and when they get on and off the project, and let the software do all the math. Plus, it updates your budget in real time.
Bid Leveling
No more handling of bid tabs in a separate spreadsheets. Level bids and push the selected one into your budget instantly and track all the bid analytics automatically.
Integrated with Building Connected
Pull your bids from Building Connected directly into Zebel with a push of a button.
Reporting
Export estimates into customizable reports and proposals in PDF and CSV
What used to take us a week or more to produce a conceptual estimate has been streamlined into a matter of hours. Our repeat customers know of our new capability and it is helping them focus on viable deals, using our reliable cost data, and giving us more work Opportunities.
JON REID
URBANCORE CONSTRUCTION
Enabling better decisions for leading builders in all types of project management
Zebel has definitely helped us do more estimates with less
people and know that they're going to be more accurate.
Integrating AI into pre-construction in our business with Zebel has set us apart from our competitors because it is so cutting edge and it's helping nail down the details.
It's helped us with our win rate and strengthen the relationship with clients, because they're able to come to us early and then we can help them work through the process from very early on
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